A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth.

名誉强如美好的膏油；人死的日子胜过人生的日子。

名誉强如美好的膏油，人死去的日子胜过他出生的日子。

名誉强如美好的膏油，人死去的日子胜过他出生的日子。

美好的名声胜过珍贵的膏油，人死之日胜过出生之时。

美名优于美好的膏油，死亡的日子胜过诞生的日子。

美好的名声胜过美好的膏油，死亡的日子胜过出生的日子。

名譽強如美好的膏油；人死的日子勝過人生的日子。

名譽強如美好的膏油，人死去的日子勝過他出生的日子。

名譽強如美好的膏油，人死去的日子勝過他出生的日子。

美好的名聲勝過珍貴的膏油，人死之日勝過出生之時。

美名優於美好的膏油，死亡的日子勝過誕生的日子。

好名譽強於好膏油；死的日子勝過生的日子。

美好的名聲勝過美好的膏油，死亡的日子勝過出生的日子。

令名愈於寶膏、死日愈於生日、

芬芳之品、不如令聞、初生之時、不如死日。

美名愈於實膏、死日愈於生日、

A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth.

A good name is better than fine perfume. People can learn more from mourning when someone dies than from being happy when someone is born.

A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth.

A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume. And the day you die is better than the day you are born.

A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.

A good name is better than good oil, And the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.

A good name is better than precious ointment, And the day of death than the day of one’s birth;

A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth.

A good name[ is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

A good reputation is better than precious perfume; likewise, the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.

Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.But if to live in the flesh,— if this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not.But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:

we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.

And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; And good tidings make the bones fat.

Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.

Unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

For therein the elders had witness borne to them.

And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,

It is like the precious oil upon the head, That ran down upon the beard, Even Aaron’s beard; That came down upon the skirt of his garments;

How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!